Films : Crimplene : all
animate! synopsis
CG cushions – couch potatoes who won’t even answer the phone, until the Crimplene angel opens their door onto life. Sofa-day night fever in this digital dance extravaganza.
short synopsis
Two Crimplene cushions sit inert on their sofa, unperturbed by the ringing of a telephone. Their comfortable oblivion is interrupted by the appeaance of a heavenly Crimplene angel – a celestial being who reveals a wold of possibilities.
key credits
- director
- Michelle Salamon
- animator
- Kevin Shepherd
- compositor
- Kevin Shepherd
- music
- Andrew White
- sound designer
- Andrew White
- post production
Michelle Salamon
a film by Michelle Salamon
direction
- director
- Michelle Salamon
image personnel
- animator
- Kevin Shepherd
- compositor
- Kevin Shepherd
sound personnel
- music
- Andrew White
- sound designer
- Andrew White
production personnel
- post production
- The House
support
- primary funding
Arts Council of England/Channel Four Animate! award
© Michelle Salamon 1996
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technical
process summary
Crimplene was animated on a Silicon Graphics Computer using Alias/Wavefront software, with additional painting done on an Apple Macintosh using Fractal Painter and compositing on Flame
master copy format
- colour or black & white
- colour
video distribution format
- video format
- BetaSP
- screen aspect ratio
- 4:3
- video standard
- PAL
- sound type
- stereo
distributor
LUX
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+44 (0)20 7503 3980
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